Proceeded overseas to France, 11 May 1917; taken on strength, 10th Machine Gun Company, in the field, 16 June 1917.

Transferred to 40th Bn, 30 August 1917.

Wounded in action, 5 October 1917 (gun shot wound, left thigh and leg), and admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 10th Casualty Clearing Station; to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 6 October 1917; to England, 17 October 1917, and admitted same day to 3rd Western General Hospital, Newport (wound, left leg, right arm). Transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 19 October 1917; discharged to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 19 November 1917.